Santosh Devasia

8.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
175 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Santosh Devasia is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Santosh Devasia has authored 175 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 47 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 32 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Santosh Devasia's work include Iterative Learning Control Systems (43 papers), Piezoelectric Actuators and Control (38 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (32 papers). Santosh Devasia is often cited by papers focused on Iterative Learning Control Systems (43 papers), Piezoelectric Actuators and Control (38 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (32 papers). Santosh Devasia collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Taiwan. Santosh Devasia's co-authors include Kam K. Leang, Qingze Zou, S. O. Reza Moheimani, D. Croft, Evangelos Eleftheriou, B. Paden, Degang Chen, Brad Paden, Philippe Martin and Garrett M. Clayton and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and Automatica.

In The Last Decade

Santosh Devasia

166 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A Survey of Control Issues in Nanopositioning

2007 840 citations Santosh Devasia, S. O. Reza Moheimani et al. profile →
Nonlinear inversion-based output tracking

1996 594 citations Santosh Devasia et al. profile →
Creep, Hysteresis, and Vibration Compensation for Piezoactuators: Atomic Force Microscopy Application

1999 573 citations D. Croft, Santosh Devasia et al. Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Santosh Devasia United States	34	5.2k	2.0k	1.3k	1.1k	1.0k	175	6.4k
Kam K. Leang United States	36	2.8k 0.5×	1.7k 0.8×	930 0.7×	961 0.9×	1.6k 1.5×	145	4.7k
Yangmin Li Macao	48	7.1k 1.4×	1.9k 0.9×	1.8k 1.4×	1.6k 1.5×	2.4k 2.3×	427	9.0k
Sergej Fatikow Germany	32	1.9k 0.4×	1.5k 0.7×	846 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	1.5k 1.4×	276	4.2k
Bijan Shirinzadeh Australia	50	7.3k 1.4×	2.3k 1.1×	2.3k 1.9×	2.9k 2.7×	3.8k 3.6×	323	11.9k
Micky Rakotondrabe France	28	2.1k 0.4×	813 0.4×	548 0.4×	824 0.8×	505 0.5×	143	2.8k
Lining Sun China	37	2.0k 0.4×	824 0.4×	1.4k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	2.3k 2.2×	394	4.8k
Andrew J. Fleming Australia	45	3.2k 0.6×	2.0k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	1.6k 1.5×	2.3k 2.3×	253	7.1k
Qingze Zou United States	28	2.0k 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	622 0.6×	748 0.7×	138	3.2k
Nader Jalili United States	35	1.2k 0.2×	1.6k 0.8×	623 0.5×	954 0.9×	941 0.9×	226	4.2k
Yuen Kuan Yong Australia	31	2.4k 0.5×	1.8k 0.9×	751 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	1.4k 1.3×	112	3.6k

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Wong, Benjamin C.Y., et al.. (2025). Semi-Autonomous Teleoperation Using Differential Flatness of a Crane Robot for Aircraft In-Wing Inspection. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 10(3). 2742–2749. 1 indexed citations

Chang, Henry, et al.. (2024). Communication-Free Decentralized Controller Design for Flexible Object Transport. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 29(4). 2973–2982.

Devasia, Santosh, et al.. (2024). What Observables Are Needed for Precision Data-Enabled Learning of Inverse Operators?. Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control. 146(3). 1 indexed citations

Devasia, Santosh, et al.. (2024). Output-Sampled Model Predictive Path Integral Control (o-MPPI) for Increased Efficiency. 14279–14285. 3 indexed citations

Fabien, Brian C., et al.. (2023). Constant-Spacing Connected Platoons With Robustness to Communication Delays. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 24(3). 3370–3382. 13 indexed citations

Chang, Henry, et al.. (2023). Delayed Self-Reinforcement to Reduce Deformation During Decentralized Flexible-Object Transport. IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 40. 999–1018. 3 indexed citations

Devasia, Santosh, et al.. (2021). A scheduling method for multi-robot assembly of aircraft structures with soft task precedence constraints. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing. 71. 102154–102154. 22 indexed citations

Devasia, Santosh, et al.. (2020). Accelerated-Gradient-Based Flexible-Object Transport With Decentralized Robot Teams. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 6(1). 151–158. 7 indexed citations

Devasia, Santosh, et al.. (2019). Predicting Ergonomic Risks During Indoor Object Manipulation Using Spatiotemporal Convolutional Networks.. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Devasia, Santosh, et al.. (2014). Stability of Velocity Control for a Piezoelectric Stepper. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 20(2). 910–923. 6 indexed citations

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Devasia, Santosh, et al.. (2011). Decoupled Conflict-Resolution Procedures for Decentralized Air Traffic Control. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 12(2). 422–437. 22 indexed citations

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Chung, Jae-Hyun, et al.. (2009). Bio-mimetic silicone cilia for microfluidic manipulation. Lab on a Chip. 9(11). 1561–1561. 76 indexed citations

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Aphale, Sumeet S., Santosh Devasia, & S. O. Reza Moheimani. (2008). High-bandwidth control of a piezoelectric nanopositioning stage in the presence of plant uncertainties. Nanotechnology. 19(12). 125503–125503. 105 indexed citations

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Moheimani, S. O. Reza, Santosh Devasia, & Evangelos Eleftheriou. (2007). Introduction to the special issue on dynamics and control of micro- and nanoscale systems (guest editorial). NOVA (University of Newcastle Australia).

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Devasia, Santosh, et al.. (2001). High-speed solution switching using piezo-based micropositioning stages. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 48(7). 806–814. 15 indexed citations

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Devasia, Santosh, et al.. (1998). A comparison of reduced-order modelling techniques for application in hyperthermia control and estimation. International Journal of Hyperthermia. 14(2). 135–156. 6 indexed citations

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Croft, D. & Santosh Devasia. (1998). Hysteresis and Vibration Compensation for Piezoactuators. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics. 21(5). 710–717. 61 indexed citations

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Roemer, Ryan, et al.. (1998). Reduced-order modeling for hyperthermia: an extended balanced-realization-based approach. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 45(9). 1154–1162. 18 indexed citations

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Roemer, Ryan, et al.. (1998). Optimal actuator placement for large scale systems: A reduced-order modelling approach. International Journal of Hyperthermia. 14(4). 331–345. 8 indexed citations

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Ledesma, Ragnar, Santosh Devasia, & Eduardo Bayo. (1994). Inverse dynamics of spatial open‐chain flexible manipulators with lumped and distributed actuators. Journal of Robotic Systems. 11(4). 327–338. 6 indexed citations

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